China
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Life of Miracles Along the Yangtze and Mississippi
$28.95 Add to cartThere are only two ways to live our life, according to Albert Einstein: one is as if nothing is a miracle; the other, as if everything is a miracle.
Life of Miracles along the Yangtze and Mississippi- Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creati
- Author: Ping, Wang
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0820353922
- Language: English
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Division to Unification in Imperial China: The Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty (220-907)
$14.95 Add to cartThe second volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China’s transition from the Three Kingdoms to the Tang Dynasty.
- Series: Understanding China Through Comics #2
- Author: Liu, Jing
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1611720303
- Language: English
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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
$18.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in History
A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unfor… [more below]- Author: Platt, Stephen R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 11 2012
- ISBN10: 0307472213
- Language: English
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The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption of Another
$19.99 Add to cartA fascinating look at the other side of the Opium Wars
In this tragic and powerful story, the two Opium Wars of 1839-1842 and 1856-1860 between Britain and China are recounted for the first time throug
- Author: Hanes, W. Travis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1402201494
- Language: English
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Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz
$10.00 Add to cart“Unit 731: The Forgotten Asian Holocaust by Derek Pua, is not for the faint of heart. It is, however, for anyone wanting to more clearly understand the extent of Imperial Japanese war crimes. This bri
- Author: Pua, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: January 10 2019
- ISBN10: 194776604X
- Language: English
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Creators of Modern China: 100 Lives from Empire to Republic, 1796-1912
$50.00 Add to cartThis insightful book, written by a large team of international scholars and specialists, sprang from a simple but original ambition: to provide the reader with an understanding–told through the lives
- Series: British Museum #16
- Author: Harrison-Hall, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 050048080X
- Language: English
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
$24.99 Add to cartComrade Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He has inherited, defended and developed Marxism-Leninism with genius, creatively and comprehensively, and has brought it to a higher … [more below]
- Author: Tse-Tung, Mao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: February 12 2008
- ISBN10: 1638231869
- Language: English
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1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
$28.00 Add to cartA new picture of China’s rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world.
The establishment of the Great Ming dynasty in 1368 was a monumental event in world history. A
- Author: Akhtar, Ali Humayun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1503627470
- Language: English
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La Historia de China: Una Fascinante GuÃa de la Historia China, con Eventos Como el Primer Emperador de China, las Conquistas Mongoles de Ge
$17.97 Add to cartSi quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de China, entonces continúe leyendo…
La historia de China es compleja, posiblemente más compleja que la de otras naciones. Los grupos étnicos que conform
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1637160399
- Language: Spanish
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Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Zhao Ziyang
$18.99 Add to cartPremier Zhao Ziyang reveals the secret workings of China’s government behind the Tiananmen massacre–and why he was deposed for trying to stop it.Prisoner of the State is the story of Premier Zhao Ziy… [more below]
- Author: Zhao Ziyang
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 18 2010
- ISBN10: 1439149399
- Language: English
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Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
$7.99 Add to cartThird Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient
- Author: Namioka, Lensey
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 14, 2000
- ISBN10: 0440415993
- Language: English
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Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures of China’s Forbidden City
$18.99 Add to cartThe “gripping and meticulously researched” (The Times, London) true story of the determined museum curators who saved the priceless treasures of China’s Forbidden City in the years leading up to World… [more below]
- Author: Brookes, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1982149310
- Language: English
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China’s Great Road: Lessons for Marxist Theory and Socialist Practices
$35.00 Add to cartThe accumulated achievements of China since its revolution of 1949 are so great that they have now not only changed the world but must lead every socialist and progressive person to think about their
- Author: Ross, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1899155112
- Language: English
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Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
$20.00 Read moreWINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
‘A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve’ Simon Sebag Montefiore ‘Harrowing- Author: Dikötter, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1408886367
- Language: English
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
$14.99 Add to cartComrade Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He has inherited, defended and developed Marxism-Leninism with genius, creatively and comprehensively, and has brought it to a higher
- Author: Tse-Tung, Mao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: February 12, 2008
- ISBN10: 097931190X
- Language: English
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The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan
$19.00 Add to cartThe thrilling story behind the American pilots who were secretly recruited to defend the nation’s desperate Chinese allies before Pearl Harbor and ended up on the front lines of the war against the Ja… [more below]
- Author: Kleiner, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 0399564152
- Language: English
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The Selected Poems of t’Ao Ch’ien
$11.00 Add to cartT’ao Ch’ien, (365 – 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. “David Hinton is one of the most impressive of … [more below]
- Author: Chien, Tao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1556590563
- Language: English
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Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan
$33.99 Add to cartFor over 400 years, Taiwan has suffered at the hands of multiple colonial powers, but it has now entered the decade when its independence will be won or lost. At the heart of Taiwan’s story is the cur… [more below]
- Author: Manthorpe, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0230614248
- Language: English
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The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
$20.00 Read moreThe second installment in ‘The People’s Trilogy’, the groundbreaking series from Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author Frank Dik?ter
‘For anyone who wants to understand the current Beijing regime, this i- Author: Dikötter, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1408886359
- Language: English
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Monkey: Folk Novel of China
$18.00 Add to cartProbably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic sixteenth century novel is a combination of picaresque novel and folk epic that mixes satire, allegory, and history into a r… [more below]
- Author: Ch’êng-Ên, Wu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 12 1994
- ISBN10: 0802130860
- Language: English
